panics
Freaks out completely
Panics is the plural of panic—sudden episodes of overwhelming fear or anxiety.
Financial panics are crises where markets collapse and investors rush to sell.
Panic attacks are intense physical episodes of terror.
The verb form means to cause or experience sudden fear: The crowd panics when the lights go out, News of the shortage panicked shoppers.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
shock · hysteria · scream · startle · trepidation · cold sweat · heart-pounding · trembling
Serious sudden danger
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- collapseSudden structural failure
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
turmoil · catastrophe · disaster · crash · bank run · sell-off · stampede · contagion
Violent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- disorderAbsence of organization
anarchy · commotion · frenzy · upheaval · riot · havoc · confusion · disarray
Completely swallowed up
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- floodedCovered with water
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
overpowered · besieged · bombarded · overcome · drowning · paralyzed · helpless · shutdown
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- worryTroubled mental state
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- tensionStretched or strained state
unease · agitation · restlessness · hyperventilation · palpitations · sweating · racing thoughts · insomnia
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
horror · shock · hysteria · scream · startle · trepidation · cold sweat · heart-pounding · trembling · spooked
emergency
Serious sudden danger
chaos · turmoil · catastrophe · disaster · crash · bank run · sell-off · stampede · contagion · downturn
mayhem
Violent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
disorder · anarchy · commotion · frenzy · upheaval · riot · havoc · confusion · disarray · tumult
engulfed
Completely swallowed up
overrun · overpowered · besieged · bombarded · overcome · drowning · paralyzed · helpless · shutdown · dissociation
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- worryTroubled mental state
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
tension · unease · agitation · restlessness · hyperventilation · palpitations · sweating · racing thoughts · insomnia · paranoia
- Wall Street historystock exchange, speculative bubbles, ticker tape, bull markets, bear markets
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, goes crazy
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- social pressurepeer pressure, conformity, expectations, fitting in, social acceptance
- Banking Historybank runs, bank failures, central banks, Federal Reserve, gold standard
- Money Historymoney, coins, currency, coinage, gold coins
- panic buttonEmergency alert activator
- panic attacksAcute fear episodes
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
- panic modeExtreme stress reaction
- panic roomFortified residential shelter
- in a panic
panic, panicky, panicked, panicking, panic attack, panic button, panic-stricken, panicker, panickers